My death metal from 2017 post got some solid attention, so I figured I’d start a blog post for this year’s output as well. 2018 hasn’t been the best year for death metal, but some fairly solid stuff has still Read more…
It’s always nice to find a quality band you’ve never heard before. I ran into The Dark Third on rateyourmusic.com (also posted this review on there) and checked them out without any particular expectations. What I found was something both Read more…
The warning signs were many, frequent and deceivingly easy to ignore. Just soldier on without pausing to think or feel. Everyone does it. It’s all good and well. If you want to dig a massive pit of depression and anxiety Read more…
Just as the metal bands per capita map indicates, Finland is the home of a crapload of good metal bands. These are my 50 favorites. I’m going to exclude some gateway metal essentials like Children of Bodom and Nightwish, simply Read more…
Blackgaze is a genre that combines black metal elements with shoegaze elements. This is a list of good blackgaze bands. The bands are often mixed and hard to classify, and could go under the term post-black metal. My problem with Read more…
I’ve been hesitant to this type of blog posts on this platform, Soliloquium’s music homepage, but I reconsidered after realizing how tightly the connected the band’s music and my personal thought process is. I was considering making a separate blog Read more…
I’m admittedly not as big of a Morbid Angel fan as most people who are into death metal. Still, the band does have a bunch of really good songs. This is my list of the 15 best Morbid Angel songs. Read more…
This is an article containing my best atmospheric black metal bands. It’s a diverse genre featuring many different types of bands. If you’re more interested in blackgaze, there’s also an article about that genre. Please comment if you have an Read more…
Metaldays 2018 in Tolmin, Slovenia is approaching and I just printed my festival and transportation tickets. Don’t miss my Metaldays guide to practical stuff like beer prices, Tolmin town and other festival things below. Here, we will focus on the Read more…
I’m not an expert in the sludge metal genre, but the subgenre of atmospheric sludge metal is a whole other story. The atmospheric subgenre takes the violent sludge sound in atmospheric, dynamic direction, often influenced by post rock and post Read more…
